Communities and Social Media

Communities and Social Media: Communication as Risk Management for Natural Disasters

With growing empirical evidence in support of climate change, many countries and their local communities face ever-increasing risks of being directly or indirectly affected by natural disasters. Communities affected by such risks depend on fast and reliable channels of communication to gather news and updates, seek emergency support, check the status of family and friends, share first-hand accounts of an affected location, etc. Traditional forms of media have been the primary source of information Read more […]